"majuscule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmædʒəskjuːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: majuscules [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin maiusculus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|majuscule}} French majuscule, {{der|en|la|maiusculus}} Latin maiusculus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} majuscule (countable and uncountable, plural majuscules)
  1. (countable) A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-majuscule-en-noun-zI8fTrFx
  2. (uncountable) Capital letters. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Orthography
    Sense id: en-majuscule-en-noun-xsyKQ7pY Disambiguation of Orthography: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: majuscular, majuscule writing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "minuscule"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "majuscular"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "majuscule writing"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "maiusculus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin maiusculus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin maiusculus.",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts."
      ],
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        "(countable) A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "14 86",
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        },
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        },
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          "ref": "1972, Wiener Studien, H. Böhlaus, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1975, Aubrey Diller, The Textual Tradition of Strabo’s Geography: With Appendix, the Manuscripts of Eustathius’ Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes, A. M. Hakkert, →ISBN, page 47:",
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        "(uncountable) Capital letters."
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  ],
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Orthography"
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    {
      "word": "majuscular"
    },
    {
      "word": "majuscule writing"
    }
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      },
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    }
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        "A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts."
      ],
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        },
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          "ref": "1975, Aubrey Diller, The Textual Tradition of Strabo’s Geography: With Appendix, the Manuscripts of Eustathius’ Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes, A. M. Hakkert, →ISBN, page 47:",
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        "(uncountable) Capital letters."
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